This week’s photo challenge suggests we look back on images of 2017 – of course it IS coming up on New Year’s Eve, and that’s what we do, right?  As I looked back, I realized just how many birds were “shot” this year…  so rather than picking a favorite, I’m sharing a wide selection of our feathered friends!

This was posted in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge – “2017 Favorites”.  Click here for more responses!

American Robin

Red-Headed Woodpecker (Juvenile)

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

Black Vulture

Osprey

Dark-Eyed Junco

Red Bellied Woodpecker

Osprey

Rufous-Sided Towhee

Bald Eagle

Great Horned Owl

Barn Swallow

Canada Goose

Carolina Wren (Chick)

Barred Owl

Great Blue Heron

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Northern Cardinal (Female)

Northern Cardinal (Male)

Eastern Bluebird

Saw-Whet Owl

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Male)

Goldfinch

Hairy Woodpecker

Bald Eagle

Mourning Dove

Carolina Wren

Carolina Chickadee

Blue Jay

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Female)

Carolina Chickadee

Sandpiper

Northern Cardinal (Male)